Hi. I’m searching for a solution that don’t make me rebuild my Discourse when I install a new plugin, which cause a long downtime. On some forum scripts (like PHPBB, FluxBB, etc…), we can install a plugin without causing a downtime. I’m also looking for a solution to set a message when the users …

It’s really not possible to install a plugin without rebuilding afaik. [image] Sir_Reyowski: I’m also looking for a solution to set a message when the users visits my rebuilding Discourse who says that the forum is currently in maintainance (instead of the web browser error). This can be don…

The solution is to use a two-container install. This will let you build a new image while the old one keeps running. The amount of downtime is just what it takes to shutdown the old container and start the new one.

Thanks, I will follow your solution.

A more advanced version can include a load balancer in front of the application container(s) to reduce downtime to a bare minimum right?

Yes, I’ve experimented with having HAproxy in front of two containers, so it should be possible to leave the old server running, crank up the new one, shut down the old one with no downtime. I’ve not yet gotten it working correctly, however.

Can you tell me what kind of issues you had?

I’ll need to crank it up again and document it. It’ll take a while to figure it out again. :frowning:

Sorry for necro, but this post appears high in Google and I had the same “problem”. It requires fooling around in the docker container, so I’d not recommend doing this on production if you don’t know what you are doing. Steps after sshing into your server: YOU’RE DOING UNSUPPORTED STUFF, NO WARRAN…

Cześć! You’re most probably looking for this: [image] Benefits of running discourse in separate containers for data and web hosting Per Advanced Troubleshooting with Docker , the database is actually stored outside the container(s). AFAIK the main advantage of separating …

You can also sv restart unicorn Inside the container, which is a tiny bit faster than restarting the container. Also, for Some plugins you’d need to migrate the database.

How to install a plugin without rebuilding (or set a maintainance message)

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MakaryGo (Makary Gołosz) July 22, 2020, 2:34pm 10

Hello!
You’re most probably looking for this:

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How to install a plugin without rebuilding (or set a maintainance message)

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